Dang, It's a miracle I got through. Well I'm going to work now, I've got better things to do than get uptight about Obama's victory. Oh, it's not that I will be heaping praise. Just that I've got work to do.

As do all of us.

LGF is the place to be.

amazingly quite place, must have been the election results huh?

I have a bad cold and am loaded with Dayquil so I'm not sure I pass the 'sentient' test. But I still think my head is clearer than the 18-29 demographic that overwhelmingly went for Obama.

I went back to be hoping that I'd get up with a better POV. I didn't.

I've turned the flag at the end of my driveway upside down, it will fly that way until 2010 at least. The nation is truly in distress.

It looks like every sentient being with an Internet connection in the known universe is trying to load LGF this morning.

that would be me!

how long has lgf been disfunctional?

We need a laugh this morning...
Yvonne Ridley 'Driven Out Of Job By Sexist Muslim Bosses'

High-profile Muslim convert Yvonne Ridley was driven out of her presenter job on an Islamic TV station by "sexist" male bosses, a tribunal has heard.

The former Fleet Street and Al-Jazeera reporter claimed a campaign of bullying and smears from Islam Channel chiefs was more stressful than when she was kidnapped by murderous Taliban fanatics in Afghanistan.

Ms Ridley, a member of George Galloway's Respect party who styles herself 'Sister Yvonne' after very publicly converting to Islam, is suing the channel for sex and religious discrimination and constructive dismissal after her current affairs show was axed last year.

She told a London tribunal relations with channel boss Mohammed Ali - who she claimed thought gay people should be "thrown off tall buildings" - got so bad he deliberately set out to trash her reputation by claiming he had seen her kissing and shaking hands with men.

Heh.

Hey Charles - after trying to get into LGF for 3 hours I now find that I have no time left this morning.
Just wanted to thank you for your heroic efforts on LGF during Election Day and Election night.
Thanks.

Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in his promotion of the Fairness Doctrine, is equating free speech with pornography. Both must be limited, obviously.

Obama as president is proof that enough money and corruption can indeed buy an election...

Tremors subsiding!
*gripping keyboard and mouse*
WHEW!

re: #2 Sharmuta

LGF is the place to be.

For Truth, Justice and the American way - no matter who is running the show in D.C.

Good morning ... Steven Den Beste wrote a good one - posted topside.

Not the end of the world

Wow, I thought the hamsters had finally died of exhaustion.

Well lizards, it's not good but it's not the end of the world. Let's be the loyal opposition and not become like the Kos Kidz.

I'm shocked I tell ya, shocked!

Why you might ask?

Well, on Mon 3 Nov 2008, I was convinced that Barry Hussein was the post-racial candidate, that the election had nothing to do with race or skin colour and, honestly, after two years of hearing the mantra, I Believed!

Spin (and I mean spin) forward to 5 Nov 2008

Imagine my surprise when, Barry Hussein is elected and, it turns out to have been all about race and skin colour - at least that's what I read, hear and see everywhere.

A miracle I tell ya, a miracle.

God Bless America

I've been trying to get on for hours!

I'm trying to feel not so badly today by thinking of it as the First Day of Resistance against the hive-minders.

It looks like every sentient being with an Internet connection in the known universe is trying to load LGF this morning.

Including me...now that the whiskey's worn off.

Glad I can FINALLY connect. Thanks for fixing whatever it was you fixed.

Good morning, all!

The results of the vote were not what I wanted.

Obama is our president-elect, and we must accept that, even if we cannot celebrate it.

My job now: Support those things I can, and be in loyal opposition to those things I do not support or agree with.

The powers of the office of the presidency are great, but also they are limited. Obama is neither a king nor a dictator.

This country is nothing if not flexible. We have an interesting 4 years ahead of us.

Yikes. Server load is soaring. Hopefully we'll be able to get that new web server in place soon.

I see that a whole lot of people dinged down my posts about Obama last night. I hope that was a reaction to his election, and not because my posts weren't full of doom and anger.

After I promised Cuban cigars if McCain won, the fact that they are still sitting in my humidor is one of two bright spots today.

The second is that the dems don't have fillibuster proof control of the entire fed gov.

re: #10 realwest

Second that. Charles is the man, Stinky is the fictional entity, and the hamsters are, uh, the rodents. That didn't come out right, but you know what I mean. (And hit Charles's tip jar!)

Plan A was to win. Not everyone was for Plan A.
For months I would get in these long, drawn-out arguments over McCain. Right wing friends called him a squish moderate. Said that it was best to let him lose. Let the Democrats take the blame for the next four years, and rebuild the party. I saw a problem with this plan. Obama is a dangerous imbecile, and America does not need a dangerous imbecile right now. What will be left of the country to recover in 2012?

But it looks like we really no longer have much choice. Plan B is a go. I've begun a list of people who need to be removed from anything like a decision making position in the conservative movement. John McCain, anyone who worked for McCain, Romney, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Medved, Peggy Noonan, anyone named Bush. A good indicator would be anyone who tries to blame Palin. The ist will grow, I'm sure.

Your text to link...

O as POTUS:

Historical achievement - may damp race hysteria
Fully franchises black Americans - no more excuses.

Plus,
As far as I can tell, he's been ineffective at every job/position he's held - so why would we expect him to accomplish anything now?

And,
Last time dems had this much control it devolved into special interest group warfare.

# 9 KT

Old news KT, saw this many weeks (possibly a month plus) ago.

That's a relief. When I couldn't get in earlier, I was afraid that LGF had been shut down by the Obama Fairness Gestapo.

Wow, Obama got elected and everything's alright today.

/sarc

That's the way things work. The balance of power swings back and forth. As hard as these next 4+ years are going to be, the Republicans certainly deserve it.

Huh

Now Online: 3,610
Logged in: 219

Seems like most folks have stopped trying to get on LGF - hell we could handle 3,600 on line easily even before Charles made his super changes.
Hey Charles, yesterday we had OVER 215,000 page views and more than 160,000 visits! Is that an LGF record?!

Over 10,000 comments yesterday. Is that a record?

This morning I received for the first time ever in my life an antisemitic message, consisting of an email linking to a site claiming Rahm Emanuel is a Zionist terrorist. The person sending this to me is a distant acquaintance who may not have actually recalled the fact that I am Jewish, which in some ways makes this even more disturbing. What irony, that someone should promote fears of Zionist conspriacy from the B. Hussein Obama administration. I can't tell whether this site comes from the loony left or the loony right, but it was unsettling to say the least. I thought we had enough to worry about. The link is here, but decide for yourself if you want traffic to go to that site.

[Link: www.thetruthseeker.co.uk...]

Wow. It's been a night.

Maybe it's because I'm in Stage 4 of the Acceptance line...but I am very seriously considering moving to the Daily Kos. I'm sick of always being on a sinking ship.

/needs sense, pronto

Already had one person in the office today point out the O is not African American, but is rather, bi-racial. I didn't want to get involved so I left without comment. I wasn't sure of the person's politics or where they planned on going with it -- but I knew it was way too early for me to discuss it.

re: #20 Charles

I think it was a reaction to 0bama and not your classy handling of the situation.

Folks, I'm holding my head high and I'm carrying on with life. The Democrats have won and maybe they deserve it. America has spoken and there is no time for sour grapes. I am a conservative through and through but I will support Obama as long as I do not have to compromise on my principles. He will soon be my commander in chief and as such, I will have to follow all lawful orders that he gives. I think the next few years are going to be tough and the certainly won't be boring.

With that being said, I don't want to ever hear again that America is a racist nation. I don't want to hear anyone say they need a handout to get ahead. There is no longer an excuse for not succeeding except your own laziness. In 40 years, this country has come from the civil rights movement and elected a black president. OK liberals, you got what you wanted. GW will be out in January so I don't want to hear you blame Bush anymore. It's your country now, let's see what you can do.

I will not act like a leftist and get mad. Congratulations to Senator Obama. I hope you prove me wrong and do an excellent job.

re: #9 Killgore Trout

She told a London tribunal relations with channel boss Mohammed Ali - who she claimed thought gay people should be "thrown off tall buildings" - got so bad he deliberately set out to trash her reputation by claiming he had seen her kissing and shaking hands with men.

"She flaps her headscarf like a butterfly, and gives it up like a queen bee!" Ali was quoted as saying.

/ q:

re: #27 bryantms

Wow, Obama got elected and everything's alright today.

/sarc

That's the way things work. The balance of power swings back and forth. As hard as these next 4+ years are going to be, the Republicans certainly deserve it.

WHAT ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

Any plans on upgrading the number of simultanous connections here? You can visit competing sites and they load in less then a second and pretty much did all night long. I would assume they also had a lot of "hits".

I know there are a lot of smart people at LGF who could help solve this ongoing issue. If it's just lacking money to get these things done there has to be a way to get a cash infusion into LGF for infrastructure upgrades, right? This is one of the most viewed blogs when it works, that has to be worth upgrading the number of connections I would think.

/just thinking out loud

#27 bryantms

Wow, Obama got elected and everything's alright today.

/sarc

That's the way things work. The balance of power swings back and forth. As hard as these next 4+ years are going to be, the Republicans certainly deserve it.

Well, Obama, with his congressional majorities, hasn't started governing yet...

re: #25 Colin Nelson

Ah, I missed it.

LGF still hard to get onto.

I thought the Fairness Doctrine had been deployed ASAP! LOL!

No kidding, I thought perhaps something nefarious had taken place.

How long do we have until they do come for us? Think the internet will be safe until March? Food for thought.

Rush is sounding hopeful. Sort of. I am still bummed out.

Rahm - back to the Clinton years.

Obama’s apparent selection of Rahm Emanuel for White House chief of staff is an extremely disconcerting (if not wholly surprising) first indication on the “which Obama will we get” question. It suggests both that he wants to be ruthless and partisan and that he does not have a clear sense of how the White House works.

Emanuel was by all accounts a very effective White House staffer in the Clinton administration, and he has certainly been an effective member of the House of Representatives. He is smart and tough. But he has been, in both positions, a vicious graceless partisan: narrow, hectic, unremittingly aggressive, vulgar, and impatient. Those who have worked for and with him come away impressed but not inspired, and generally not loyal.

[Link: corner.nationalreview.com...]

re: #23 varmint

The debate should begin within the party. My talking points:

1. No more earmarks for Republicans. Period.
2. No more tolerance of crooks and sexual shenanigans in Republican legislators. Period.
3. Stop trying to legislate morality and belief, a la a federal marriage act or creationism in the schools. Leave this as a private matter for individuals.
4. Go back to basics:
a. Low taxes
b. Small government
c. A strong military
d. Low spending
5. Give Sarah Palin a pulpit and let her motivate the faithful. She's the future.

Every liberal blogger on the planet is checking the site out to see if we have swallowed the Kool-Aid yet. I for one will put on my happy face and go to my happy place to wait out the next 4 years.

I can't wait until the liberals figure out they didn't elect Santa Clause.

Palin/Steel 2012!

The first time I got a feeling things wouldn't go so well last night is when 6pat6 got comment #666 on Election Day Thread #6.

/kinda

Charles...downdings were over results not your words. I would recommend, just as a minor concession to Obama's victory, that you now add his name to the spell check.

Good Morning Lizards! It's a sunny Indian Summer kind of day in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicago.

I feel better this morning. NO more hanging chads. In some ways it is a relief. I don't plan on turning on the TV today tho.

How are you-all this morning and how are you coping?

Hey all you idiots trying to get in here this morning to find out what
happened. We told you before but you wouldn't listen. You just had to
do it anyway. So now go pester somebody else for a while.

re: #20 Charles

Embrace the down-ding, Charles. Join me.

re: #27 bryantms
Huh?

As hard as these next 4+ years are going to be, the Republicans certainly deserve it.

Why do the Republicans (of whom I are one) deserve this? With a HUGE majority of voters going Center Left in this election (and not just for POTUS but for govenors, Senators, Members of the House and state legistlatures all over the place) who do YOU think the Republicans should have run - to win the election, I mean?

Glad LGF was back. I was really missing it on this sad morning as I prepare to leave Reno and head back to Berserkeley.

I just don't understand how BHO won so decisively, esp. in OH and PA, not to mention FL. What happened to the PUMAs, the Joe the Plumbers, the coal miners, the Catholics, etc.? All hoodwinked by this charlatan?

re: #37 AMER1CAN

Any plans on upgrading the number of simultanous connections here? You can visit competing sites and they load in less then a second and pretty much did all night long. I would assume they also had a lot of "hits".

I know there are a lot of smart people at LGF who could help solve this ongoing issue. If it's just lacking money to get these things done there has to be a way to get a cash infusion into LGF for infrastructure upgrades, right? This is one of the most viewed blogs when it works, that has to be worth upgrading the number of connections I would think.

/just thinking out loud

Hit the tip jar.

Red Bull for the Hamsters!
Cudo's to Charles. Sincere thanks for what you do.

re: #11 FrogMarch

Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in his promotion of the Fairness Doctrine, is equating free speech with pornography. Both must be limited, obviously.

i heard that clip. remarkable stupid.
he must think he is talking to 6 yr. olds w/ that kind of argument.
schumer is now the dumbest man in the senate.

I missed the election night threads. In case nobody mentioned it, here's the most ironic quote of the day, from Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd:

"Twenty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character. Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality."

The real reality, of course, is that this election shamefully represents the exact opposite of MLK's dream. It was an obscene insult to Dr. King, his vision for America, and the inspirational struggles of generations of black Americans who have worked arduously to demonstrate the content of their character.

re: #24 slokat

O as POTUS:

As far as I can tell, he's been ineffective at every job/position he's held - so why would we expect him to accomplish anything now?

That's the most hopeful thing I've heard all day.

As Rush just said, conservatism didn't lose last night, it wasn't on the ballot.

re: #4 Kerr Avon

I have a bad cold and am loaded with Dayquil so I'm not sure I pass the 'sentient' test. But I still think my head is clearer than the 18-29 demographic that overwhelmingly went for Obama.

I am ashamed of my generation...

Okay so now we have stocks dropping, and Russia playing with missles. Anything good going on today? Anybody?

re: #49 Cognito

I've been racking up the downdings lately too. Embrace the scorn.

re: #50 realwest

Huh?

Why do the Republicans (of whom I are one) deserve this? With a HUGE majority of voters going Center Left in this election (and not just for POTUS but for govenors, Senators, Members of the House and state legistlatures all over the place) who do YOU think the Republicans should have run - to win the election, I mean?

They should have run a real conservative!

re: #14 Bobibutu

Is this the unofficial home of the loyal resistance?

re: #11 FrogMarch

Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in his promotion of the Fairness Doctrine, is equating free speech with pornography. Both must be limited, obviously.

Interesting. Can you share a link?

I wouldn't exactly call myself sentient after staying out late at the local GOP shindig last night.

I think some of my fellow GOPers need the "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!" pep talk. I'm disappointed, but I ain't giving up.

Charles, thank you for your work. I'm addicted to LGF, so I'll continue to be here. After Jan 20th, you may be all that's left of the opposition media.

I looked up info on Rahm this morning as soon as I heard he was Obama's probable Chief of Staff. As soon as I started reading it I was thinking, I bet you people will start up with the Zionist conspiracy crap again. I don't like him because he is a hardcore liberal.

More on Rahm:

[Link: www.ontheissues.org...]

re: #21 collegeguy85

After I promised Cuban cigars if McCain won, the fact that they are still sitting in my humidor is one of two bright spots today.

The second is that the dems don't have fillibuster proof control of the entire fed gov.

I wouldn't want to be in poor Mitch McConnel's shoes this morning.

He's about to become the most vilified man in America.

Posting while I can...my positions are considered pormographic by Democrats.

I just hope everything is okay, and the reducation of America that started with community organizers and the silent takeover of our educational system and media can be fought,

#39 KT.

Just saw that my post might have seemed a little sharp - not intended 'cause the story is good for a laugh - does the term hubris spring to mind?
BTW, how are you feeling this morning?

re: #55 Last Mohican

I missed the election night threads. In case nobody mentioned it, here's the most ironic quote of the day, from Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd:

The real reality, of course, is that this election shamefully represents the exact opposite of MLK's dream. It was an obscene insult to Dr. King, his vision for America, and the inspirational struggles of generations of black Americans who have worked arduously to demonstrate the content of their character.

Not to mention the fact that MLK died 40 years ago, so making that comment 25 years ago would have been somewhat difficult.

re: #20 Charles

Yikes. Server load is soaring. Hopefully we'll be able to get that new web server in place soon.

I see that a whole lot of people dinged down my posts about Obama last night. I hope that was a reaction to his election, and not because my posts weren't full of doom and anger.

Mine were a reaction to his election. I'm still pissed, but not hopeless by any means.

re: #31 laZardo

Wow. It's been a night.

Maybe it's because I'm in Stage 4 of the Acceptance line...but I am very seriously considering moving to the Daily Kos. I'm sick of always being on a sinking ship.

/needs sense, pronto

Honey, you wouldn't last two posts over there. There is no dissent tolerated in the land of the tolerant, compassionate left.

I view presidential elections the same way I view starting wars. Its fine to debate about who should be president up to the election just like its fine to debate whether or not it is wise to start a war. However, once the decision is made, the only debate should be how to better the country with who we elected, just like the debate over the war once it starts should only be how to win.

re: #58 VioletTiger

Ah yes, I see the selloff has begun. -600, anybody?

re: #32 taejohndo

Already had one person in the office today point out the O is not African American, but is rather, bi-racial. I didn't want to get involved so I left without comment. I wasn't sure of the person's politics or where they planned on going with it -- but I knew it was way too early for me to discuss it.

Wise decision.

sorry but does Michelle's dress look like a black widow spider to anyone else by me. Obama Family on Election night

Black Widow Spider

*SOB*

I was having major withdrawal.

re: #72 joncelli

Ah yes, I see the selloff has begun. -600, anybody?

Probably not that far but it' headed for the toilet in the not to distant future.

re: #74 Big Steve

sorry but does Michelle's dress look like a black widow spider to anyone else by me. Obama Family on Election night

Black Widow Spider

Exactly.

re: #67 Colin Nelson

#39 KT.

Just saw that my post might have seemed a little sharp - not intended 'cause the story is good for a laugh - does the term hubris spring to mind?
BTW, how are you feeling this morning?

No worries. It doesn't bother me and I don't hold a grudge from on ehtread to the next. Some of my best friends here hate me. Felling fine this morning and if it stops raining long enough I'm looking forwards to some yardwork this afternoon.

Rahm Em as Chief of Staff?

What happened to change? What happened to working across the aisle? Rahm is one of the biggest attack dogs the Dems have.

The poor Hamsters must be out of gas. )-:

I for one and not surprised the McCain lost. Sorry to see it though.
McCain smacked the rep party so manytimes to side with the dem's, that it left a bad taste with many reps )-:

Now we need another Newt to help bring the party back. (-:

re: #74 Big Steve
outstanding observation

re: #52 reine.de.tout

Put my money where my mouth is, I couldn't agree more with that. Having said that, I will donate what I can to LGF. Problem is, what I can put in the tip jar and what we all collectively put in the tip jar is not enough.

I'm sure LGF operates to atleast break even/make a profit as I see ads on the website. Problem is, when your website is down, your not serving ads, so you are not making money.

0bama may be president-elect, but I don't think he's going to do well. Perhaps he'll do better than I think, but I'm not optimistic. What I will spend the next four years doing, however, is reminding every 0bama voter that this was what they wanted. If they have a problem with it, I'm going to suggest they re-think their philosophy to see what the disconnect is between reality and what they thought they were doing by voting for this man.

re: #31 laZardo

Buck up. Fly right. Get back in the game.

re: #74 Big Steve

sorry but does Michelle's dress look like a black widow spider to anyone else by me. Obama Family on Election night

Black Widow Spider

i have never seen her wear anything flattering or attractive.
the black widow dress was appalling.

Couple thoughts.

While this was a solid victory for Barack Obama and the Democrats, it wasn't the tsunami they were hoping for. While the mainstream media polls did correctly get the top end of Obama's support at 52%, they consistent underpolled Republicans, like Gallup and NYT/CBS polls, which had Republican support at no better than 42%.

Of course this has nothing to do with electoral voting by state which went solidly blue in our "winner take all system" but the GOP ticket, in probably the worst year for Republicans since 1974, and fanned by a pro-Obama media the world has never seen, along with an economic crisis, a country spiraling into recession, and two unfinished wars, NEARLY 48% percent of the country stood by the GOP. That is thanks to one woman. SARAH PALIN. She motivated the base to Bush 2004 levels. It wasn't enough, but it was a lot better than what the MSM predicted.

You can argue that the Democrat base is now bigger, but without the media tailwind, and Obama's name on the ballot in 2010, Republicans will have an opportunity.

This was the Democrats best punch.

Charles,

This difficult situation with the server may not last, but I'm wondering if it might be possible to put logged-in members onto a different server than readers who aren't logged in.

It would free things up for members and comments even if other readers have to compete with each other to get onto their server.

If members have a different login route to get to the members server, that would help, too. When it's as busy as it is now, it's impossible for some people to get to the point where they can log in.

If some people intend to read LGF daily for the next four years to see how some conservatives are handling Obama's election, it might be an idea.

What does The Individual do when a terrorist's friend with a Muslim background gets voted in as US president during a time when Muslim terrorists are waging war against us? Tell the Truth.

re: #62 Cognito

Interesting. Can you share a link?

[Link: hotair.com...]

2nd try at posting. Hamsters deserve a medal for their valiant efforts!

As upsetting as Obama's win is, our state and local GOP did surprisingly well. We picked up two more seats in the state senate, which put us in the majority, and gained more than a few seats in the state house. Including a young and fired up republican from my district, who took a seat that had been in democrat control for generations.

Plus, I'm going to jump on Sharmuta's bandwagon and contact my local GOP offices and get involved in any way I can be of service.

Oh, and while I was waiting for the connection to fully connect, I counted all the vowels in the thread intro paragraph.

Author Michael Crichton Has 'Died Unexpectedly: [Link: www.etonline.com...]

re: #78 Killgore Trout

Get your tabla yet?

I smell buyer's remorse coming within a year.

re: #91 MrPaulRevere

Author Michael Crichton Has 'Died Unexpectedly: [Link: www.etonline.com...]

Oh no! That's really sad. :-(

re: #79 JohnGaltLives

Rahm Em as Chief of Staff?

What happened to change? What happened to working across the aisle? Rahm is one of the biggest attack dogs the Dems have.

I pretty certain all of Obamas promises of hope and change will quickly be replaced with - more of the same. Hard left craziness.

re: #90 Intrepid

Not in WA state (my home) We got the shaft in many ways?

Weird, because of the dem's in control here. We are broke

re: #91 MrPaulRevere

Author Michael Crichton Has 'Died Unexpectedly: [Link: www.etonline.com...]

Ah, man. Cancer sucks.

re: #92 threecoloursblue

Not yet. A good set of Tablas costs about 400-$500 and I'm a little short on cash these days.

re: #90 Intrepid

That really means a lot to me that you're going to get involved. Thanks.

A wave's power comes from the base, not the crest.

re: #91 MrPaulRevere

Author Michael Crichton Has 'Died Unexpectedly: [Link: www.etonline.com...]

That's tragic! I loved his books.

Only 1000 online now - tried all morning to log on and no go.

I'm glad Yes on 8 passed in CA. My kids are happy (Me too!) They didn't like the idea of two moms or two dads. Civilization is saved.

Perhaps Biden is smarter than we realized. Gird your loins, it looks like we're in for a bumpy four years:

Medvedev’s challenge to Obama
By Charles Clover in Moscow

Published: November 5 2008 13:49 %P% Last updated: November 5 2008 13:49

Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday became the first world leader to throw down a gauntlet to US president-elect Barack Obama, declaring that the Kremlin would station missiles in the tiny Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Poland, in response to US plans for an anti-missile system in Eastern Europe...

The Russian proposals seem to be a provocative test for the incoming US leader, who inherits a tense relationship with Russia following the brief war with Georgia in August.

Mr Medvedev said the deployment of Iskander cruise missiles on Poland’s border was intended “to neutralise – if necessary – the anti-missile system” which the US plans to deploy in Poland and the Czech Republic. It signals that the Kremlin will not deviate from the tough line it took against the departing US administration of George W. Bush.

“I think the decision was made to take a tough stand with the United States, giving no concessions to the newly elected president,” said Dmitri Trenin, of the Moscow Carnegie Center, the think-tank.

“This [the missile deployment] had been rumoured for some time” said Mr Trenin “I think this is a message to Washington and Warsaw that they’ll be safer and better off if they call off their plans for ballistic missile defences in Poland and the Czech Republic.”

[Link: www.ft.com...]

re: #93 Sharmuta

I smell buyer's remorse coming within a year.

Six months. Heck, if the hard left doesn't get its wish list accomplished in the first 100 days, there's going to be discontent from that core group. Obama may have four years to get his policies through, but he's got to set a tone within those early days. He's got all the parts in place for a serious push to the left. If he comes up short - that's going to be problem. If he accomplishes them, he's going to have problems in 2010 and 2012 because he will be exposed as nothing more than Carter II.

Whew! LGF is still here. For a while I thought that BO and the Brownshirts had already started supressing free speech!

re: #98 Killgore Trout

I'm a little short on cash these days.

I'd get used to that, frankly.

Well, they are already nuking Sarah. Steve Schmidt told Molly H. on Fox that he would know whether or not Sarah was a plus or minus on the ticket depending on whether or not McCain won the election. Then Molly said there were off the record grumblings AGAIN over the $150,000 wardrobe. The RINOS will not be happy and the Country Club Establishment of the GOP will not be happy until they nuke Sarah.

However, the CUDA shot back. Love the Palin! I hope she and her family take a good breather and come back to help us take back the nation.

Help Wanted: United States President. No relevant experience necessary. Must provide $1 billion refundable deposit (illegally obtained OK). Past associations with racist churches, terrorists (domestic & foreign), Marxists, larcenists OK. Biased news media a must. No background checks! Inquire within. Please, no zionists!

Hope…Change…the world loves us after a MSM coup handed ‘the Obamassiah’ the most powerful seat in the nation - if not the world.

Just hours after U.S. President-elect Barack Obama delivered his victory speech, Russia's leader delivered a scathing rebuke of U.S. policy and reminded Obama of some of the major foreign policy challenges he will face in office.

Of course it was back around the first of September when Medvedev announced the five-point policy of the ‘New World Odor’,

Russia does not want confrontation with any country; Russia has no intention of isolating itself. We will develop, as far as possible, friendly relations both with Europe and with the United State of America, as well as with other countries of the world.

But that was then, this is now and ‘as far as possible‘ has been reached. Hope…change…tic.tic.tic…

Sheesh. System load is soaring again.

re: #20 Charles

Yikes. Server load is soaring. Hopefully we'll be able to get that new web server in place soon.

I see that a whole lot of people dinged down my posts about Obama last night. I hope that was a reaction to his election, and not because my posts weren't full of doom and anger.

I routinely uptick all of your threads, and I also upticked that one.

Yeah, I also did a double-take at the number of dings on that one, and that the one before it had been dinged a bit as well. :-%P%

re: #98 Killgore Trout

I'll see what I can do... if that's not being presumptious?

I'm sick and tired of the big cities controlling what happens to the rest of the nation.

By 2012 Trig can walk on stage and wave to the crowd and drive the liberals NUTS!

So much fun!

re: #103 CascadeMermaid

So much for the SALT talks. Gezzz

Time to put some Tomahawks on the border. (-:

Now I'm getting hate mail for not hating Obama enough.

"It gives me no pleasure to see this prediction coming true."

Ego big as hot air balloons is what I see out of your comment. You
should take greater pleasure on seeing that your prediction would be
wrong and that with McCain in office there'll be less chance on seeing
bloodshed run in the streets. But since you're happy that you're right
I'm sure you'll be happy seeing the bloodshed down the road when Prez
Obama doesn't want to do anything except negotiate our power over to
Iran.

Yeah...be proud of your prediction. Wear it like a fur coat.

re: #11 FrogMarch

Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in his promotion of the Fairness Doctrine, is equating free speech with pornography. Both must be limited, obviously.

Anything that comes Chuckie babies mouth is pornography.

re: #9 Killgore Trout

We need a laugh this morning...
Yvonne Ridley 'Driven Out Of Job By Sexist Muslim Bosses'

Heh.

Poor, poor unlucky woman. She always seems to attract that tiny minority of Muslims who aren't just like us.

Such a teeny, weeny, tiny minority who despise the modern world... but she always finds them.

What are the odds!?

///

Looking forward to next election. Sarah Palin (R) vs. Hillary (D) vs. Obama (M)

/M = Marxist Party

re: #93 Sharmuta

I smell buyer's remorse coming within a year.

I see President Obama (must...get...used...to...typing...that...combo) sitting down in the Oval Office around January 21, looking over what he has promised and what he will actually be able to do, and saying, "Nope, can't do that, and can't do that either. What about...oops, can't do that one."

When he can't deliver on 3/4 of his promises and when the reality of that truth sets in, we'll see some heavy backtracking.

Republicans need to get someone in charge who can deliver a coherent message, too. No more of this namby-pamby "Us too, we think that too!" crap.

re: #43 joncelli
re: #43 joncelli

the republicans have a severe leadership deficit. Palin is about the only bright spot i see. maybe jindal too. but the moderate wing of the party is already setting her up to take the blame for this defeat.

re: #104 lawhawk

Would it be petty of me hope for the left that the lesson of being careful what one wishes for comes to fruition?

re: #108 Crusty

Help Wanted: United States President. No relevant experience necessary. Must provide $1 billion refundable deposit (illegally obtained OK). Past associations with racist churches, terrorists (domestic & foreign), Marxists, larcenists OK. Biased news media a must. No background checks! Inquire within. Please, no zionists!

Ouch.

I must admit to some befuddlement about our population when they are willing to just accept what they get from the Media regarding our election, despite the fact that a majority of people don't trust the media.

I watched PJTV (thanks for the link, Charles) and found it refreshing, even if it wasn't as glossy as the bigwigs.

I will continue to pray for our president, our country, and our future.

re: #110 Charles

You are a popular guy.

Probably a couple reasons long load and the rush.

1) We need a post-election fix. Give me some of that positive energy, baby!
2) LLLs want to see how right-wingers are handling this election and want to gloat.
3) It's like Black Friday after Thanksgiving. Rush to Macy's and fight over products you want to buy--with socialism coming in who knows if we'll be able to be so consumer oriented in the next couple of years.

"This is how liberty dies -- with thunderous applause." -Senator Amidala

LGF NEEDS BIGGER PIPES! :-)
dude...you are going to be my only true news for the next 4 years... do you need money from me/us? plz tell us.. better traffic mean more money, bigger server, etc...I already have all the LGF widgets for my iGoogle..

could we simply auto send you our future obama tax cut checks to you? ;-)
resistance is never futile...

(part 1)

What I’m about to say a lot of Republicans and a lot of social conservatives may not want to hear, but they better pay attention. This country just went hard left. That means that millions of religious Americans went hard left. What does that mean? That means that the Republican base can no longer win, or even influence, elections. It is too small. Furthermore, it is out of touch with reality. Social conservatives believe that America is a (small c) conservative country, often relying on surveys that show that like 90% of Americans believe in god/are religious etc. However, soccons make the mistake of extrapolating from that that some high % of that 90% are orthodox Christians. That is simply untrue. America is the polar opposite of Islam. In Islam, there is no difference between politics and religion. Religion (Islam) is Truth. That’s all there is to it. A muslim practices Islam as it is dictated to him. In America, we’ve not only separated religion from politics, we’ve separated religion from Truth. Religion is now just another expression of a person’s personality, like being goth is of mine. It’s like what civic club you belong to or sports team you root for (Redskins). Furthermore, we’re free to define religion in our own way. I know plenty of goths who say, essentially, “Jesus is a cool dude and I like what he stood for. I consider myself Christian, but I follow what I believe is the way Jesus wanted it.” Do you think that this Christian – because that’s what the survey labels him – is going to vote Republican? Soccons have deluded themselves that they could win elections by viewing the electorate through their own eyes. They brought us George Bush, a big government social conservative and economic liberal, who is probably the worst president for the modern age in terms of communication, that we’ve ever had. He couldn’t explain any concept and came across as dumb. He won two elections because secular conservatives couldn’t stomach the thought of Al Gore and John Kerry. (Yes, there are other reasons tied to the timing of both elections.)

re: #104 lawhawk

Well buddy, let's hope the REP's get their stuff together and stop him in two years like they did Clinton. I hope.

re: #116 Charles

Idiots!

part 2
Bush made another, inexcusable, blunder – he went into Iraq thinking that after overthrowing Saddam, he could rebuild Iraq easily because Muslims worship the same god as Christians and Jews, so just free them from the yoke of tyranny and they’ll be fine. I am stunned at the utter vacuousness of the mind that really believes this. He gave us the nationbuilding he railed against and which this country generally opposes. So we end up, in 2008, with a President who spends like a Democrat and communicates like a babbling idiot, who’s hamstrung us with an Iraqi adventure costing BILLIONS of $ we have to borrow from the Saudis, the Republican waistoid Congress of 2000-2006 was long discredited, and the GOP nominee is an old man (yes, 72 is old, even if he’s in shape for an old man) who while more communicative than Bush, still can’t grasp important concepts well enough to bend them as necessary on the stump. He furthermore offers no defense of conservatism as a creed that preaches self-reliance, hard work, investment, and keeping your eye on the goal of improving your life. No, he wants to buy up bad mortgages. Why have a taste of vanilla when you can have a plateful of milk chocolate? The Republican party has nothing left to offer. It can’t offer what it had stood for under Reagan because Bush and the 2000-2006 Congress basically repudiated it. It can’t run on tax cuts since it can’t or won’t make the case to the voters. It can’t run on social spending since what’s the point? National defense? 19 guys with box cutters took on the entire U.S. We don’t need a massive army, we need kung fu stews. No, all the GOP has left is guns, orthodox Christianity, and demonizing homosexuals (i.e., gay marriage). I’m a doctrinaire economic conservative and a social moderate. Where do I go? As soon as I have time, I’m re-registering Libertarian. Goodbye GOP. You got me with the Contract with America, and you lost me when you contracted against America.

re: #116 Charles

Now I'm getting hate mail for not hating Obama enough.

Misplaced anger.

re: #89 FrogMarch

[Link: hotair.com...]

Man, that is terrifying. Absolutely terrifying.

Honestly I figured there some catch -- a little bit of a stretch, to say he equated political free speech and pornography.

Nope. He stepped squarely into state-run media territory, there. Apparently the government isn't just interested in controlling banks, now.

re: #116 Charles

Face it Charles... Just can't make them happy.

re: #110 Charles

Hey Charles,

Three consequtive periods resulted in that '2026;' above your post.

Wow, couldn't get in for hours. I was thinking 'The brownshirts couldn't have taken power already could they?"

Flame me if you want Lizards but here's where I'm at the morning after. Wrote this to my depressed neice (hope her husband too the booze and sharp objects to work with him...
Coulda been worse, coulda been Hillary...
Ok, so here we are. The day after the election for 'Change' and 'Hope'. There would've been 'change' either way.
Gone are the days of policy being rejected simply because it came from 'That' guy. I 'hope'
No more BDS which started with the Florida fiasco of 2000 and greatly helped propell this man to the office he will hold come January 20th.
If he proposes or supports something off the wall, I expect us to stand up against it. Not because 'The One' proposed it, but because it is not the right thing to do. He's not going to be able to effect all the policy and rhetoric we've heard over the last 2 years because that's not how Washington works. Ask Bubba. He had majorities in both houses but had to play politics with both parties.
Gone should be the days where the black man stands and shouts discrimination. Yo dude, your man's in, talk to the hand. Gone are the days of Jesse and Rev. Wright and Al bolivating because the black man can't get a fair shake.
Obama stated in his speech at midnight, 'we have to work hard'. OK dude, I'm gonna hold you to that. Do the work for all the people who you now represent and we wont have a problem. Myself, if an incumbent has done a good job, I'll vote for his re-election. Earn it Obama...We are the greatest country in the history of mankind and need to remember and apply the lessons we have learned from the Washington thru Bush II.
So it's a new beginning. The slate's wiped clean. No more BDS. No more trooffers shouting 'Bush knew!' No more Mikey Moore BS. It's a new day and I hope this man comes thru for this country. We're the greatest thing since the invention of bread and if Obama can get the Fed to put stupid partisan politics aside for the good of the country, and four years from now things are better, Obama will have earned my vote.
The man's been elected and he will/does deserve the respect that the office of the president deserves. The press helped propel him to that spot and I hope they don't begin the travesties of the past ala how they treated Clinton and both Bush's, in fact every President since Nixon and Watergate which is as far as I remember back on politics.
And as an addendum, can this man please get to a dentist and fix that damn whistle on his S's? Almost as maddening as Hillary's shill and now we definently have to hear it for at least four years....

The DOW is down about 268. Looks like Obamanomics is not being all that well received.

Also, Obama's 1st staff appointment is Rahm Emanual, rabid attack dog for the left.

Looks like Obama is not all that interested in unifying the country, afterall.

re: #122 Sharmuta

Would it be petty of me hope for the left that the lesson of being careful what one wishes for comes to fruition?

They will STILL like what happens 'cause the inner-city dwellers will STILL get their damn welfare.

I'm feeling somewhat weary today.

A wise man wrote these thoughts about character at a time of crisis for his nation,

"If I wish to preserve a certain type of man - and his inner strength - I must also preserve the principles on which he is founded."

"It is easy to build the order of a society upon the submission of each man to fixed rules. It is easy to mould a blind man who will endure without protest a master or a Koran."

"Demagogy enters at the moment when there is no universal yardstick, and the principle of equality is debased into a principle of identity."

Flight to Arras - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Our web server is a dual-core Xeon, and we have a request in for a quad-core machine, which should help a lot. The main bottleneck is in the processing power; more powerful machine means more HTTP requests served in a shorter amount of time.

The next step up is a load-balanced multi-server setup, which is an order of magnitude more expensive than our current two-server setup (web and DB servers). I'm looking at this option, even though it will cost more per month than my mortgage.

re: #127 bellamags

"This is how liberty dies -- with thunderous applause." -Senator Amidala

Please don't say that. I've been thinking it myself since last night, but we're not done yet.

Like I said this morning, keep thinking three words: 2010 midterm elections.

re: #129 SFGoth

(part 1)

What I’m about to say a lot of Republicans and a lot of social conservatives may not want to hear, but they better pay attention. This country just went hard left. That means that millions of religious Americans went hard left. What does that mean? That means that the Republican base can no longer win, or even influence, elections. It is too small. Furthermore, it is out of touch with reality. Social conservatives believe that America is a (small c) conservative country, often relying on surveys that show that like 90% of Americans believe in god/are religious etc. However, soccons make the mistake of extrapolating from that that some high % of that 90% are orthodox Christians. That is simply untrue. America is the polar opposite of Islam. In Islam, there is no difference between politics and religion. Religion (Islam) is Truth. That’s all there is to it. A muslim practices Islam as it is dictated to him. In America, we’ve not only separated religion from politics, we’ve separated religion from Truth. Religion is now just another expression of a person’s personality, like being goth is of mine. It’s like what civic club you belong to or sports team you root for (Redskins). Furthermore, we’re free to define religion in our own way. I know plenty of goths who say, essentially, “Jesus is a cool dude and I like what he stood for. I consider myself Christian, but I follow what I believe is the way Jesus wanted it.” Do you think that this Christian – because that’s what the survey labels him – is going to vote Republican? Soccons have deluded themselves that they could win elections by viewing the electorate through their own eyes. They brought us George Bush, a big government social conservative and economic liberal, who is probably the worst president for the modern age in terms of communication, that we’ve ever had. He couldn’t explain any concept and came across as dumb. He won two elections because secular conservatives couldn’t stomach the thought of Al Gore and John Kerry. (Yes, there are other reasons tied to the timing of both elections.)

However Obama had to pretend he was center-right with tax cuts, and line item vetos and "strengthening" the military to get people to vote for him - otherwise why would he have pretended to be so much more moderate. He lied to win - democrats always have to lie to win.

Mates, it is the morning after two years of one sided debates and information. However we have to live with the results, and we should follow the path of the "loyal oposition". Obama will be my CINC come January. So be it and we will deal with it in a logical fashion. This is not the end of the world, friends!

Will the Republican party ever return to its past glories?

Not likely. Here’s why:

- This country is no longer “center right” no matter what pundits and pollsters will tell you. Short of several Sept 11’s or a civil war on our shores, I don’t see this ever trending back.
- The Dems/Socialists/Pacifists/Secularists have a firm mind-control grip on our students’ learning and reasoning skills from kindergarten level to the post-graduate level. We are seeing this in our 20 and 30-year olds now, and it will only get worse. No matter how much you good Christian parents try to instill your values into your child’s moral fiber, they are away from you more than they are with you. How many left-leaning parents have right-leaning children? The number would be miniscule. We all know the sad tales of right-leaning parents with children who would never dream of voting for a Republican.
- As long as we are an Israel-supporting party, the world will continue to laugh at us and only see us bible-thumping Christians trying to convert the Jews before the end time . The world hates Israel and hates Jews. Most Jews hate us.
- Most Americans and the “global citizen” only want to be seen as “hip” by their friends and co-workers. Not honest, successful, or hard-working. Just “hip”. It has never ever been hip to be a Republican and never will be.
- We cannot stem the tide of affluent liberals who used to reside mostly in clustered states along the Pacific and a few Atlantic states. Over the last generation or two they have packed up and moved to Red and Purple states in large numbers. They are much more migratory than Republicans. Rural Republican retirees have neither the income nor the desire to pack up and move from AL, SC, IN, or GA.
- We have not yet learned how to take the Internet away from the Democrats and the liberal voice and probably never will.
- A duplicitious and vengeful press that will continue to portray Republicans as knuckle draggers and do back flips to elect almost any Democrat. This alone makes our return from the wilderness almost impossible.

Obama will have to be Jimmy Carter writ large and the U.S. be involved in wars on three or four continents in order for a now unknown Reagan-like figure to emerge from the current or future crop of Republican politicians and lead us to the Promised Land again. I don’t think Sarah Palin is ready for that until 2016. Bobby Jindhal - maybe in 4 or 8. But the media and pundits will eat him alive for his creationism views.

Of course, the Mayan calendar could be correct and none of this will really matter in 2012.

Hooray! Quitting the party instead of fighting to restore it to what it should be! Yeah! What a great way to win! Woohoo! QUIT QUIT QUIT!

Because quitters always win!

re: #121 varmint

re: #43 joncelli

the republicans have a severe leadership deficit. Palin is about the only bright spot i see. maybe jindal too. but the moderate wing of the party is already setting her up to take the blame for this defeat.

I think Newt Gingrich could be in a good position. Michael Steele and Rick Santorum are good voices as well. They may not be candidates for office, but they can be the conservative voices we need to lead a new Reagan Revolution. We need a new inspiration or else the next eight years could be very difficult.

62 Million voted FOR socialism
55 Million voted AGAINST socialism

Barry has his work cut out for him as this is certainly no mandate. It will be interesting to see how soon some of those 62M become disillusioned.

The PUMA site Hillbuzz has posts from people accusing it of fraud, and insinuating that the site was a scam for $$. Lots of anger there today.

Perhaps one noteworthy thing can come of the imminent ascension of The One to the Oval Office--the Kerry/Edwards stickers will finally be scraped off of Volvos and junkers everywhere.

I am so sick of the hate. I didn't/don't like obama because of his policies, and nothing more. I was vocal about being behind McCain because of his stance, nothing more. Why is it now I am being attacked with slurs like cracker telling me they hope the "Old man just dies" I have been nothing but respectful. I am getting so sick of it. Anyone else getting this kind of thing?

Obama's presumptive chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is a real piece of work:"... the night after Clinton was elected, Emanuel was so angry at the president's enemies that he stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign, grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting "Dead! . . . Dead! . . . Dead!" and plunging the knife into the table after every name. " [Link: www.rollingstone.com...]

re: #152 SpartanWoman

The PUMA site Hillbuzz has posts from people accusing it of fraud, and insinuating that the site was a scam for $$. Lots of anger there today.

I saw that, and I'm waiting to see their response. I'm damn close to never trusting a democrat ever again on anything.

re: #139 3 wood

The DOW is down about 268. Looks like Obamanomics is not being all that well received.

Also, Obama's 1st staff appointment is Rahm Emanual, rabid attack dog for the left.

Looks like Obama is not all that interested in unifying the country, afterall.

Rush said that after the Clinton campaign - (didn't say which one) Rahm took a steak knife and starting listing the names of his political enemy and then stabbing the knife into the table and saying: "Dead" after each name. Over and over - Chicago style.

re: #149 Sharmuta

Hooray! Quitting the party instead of fighting to restore it to what it should be! Yeah! What a great way to win! Woohoo! QUIT QUIT QUIT!

Because quitters always win!

I gather you're annoyed?

re: #93 Sharmuta

I agree with you save for the time frame. I believe that the BODS - Barak Obama Disillusionment Syndrome will manifest itself within six-months. My belief is that a whole lot of the voting public was voting AGAINST Bush and AGAINST the Republican Congressional agenda, not for BHO!

I'd like to suggest that Lizards have lost their tails, not their heads. Tails grow back!

re: #43 joncelli

With respect, I think it's a three-step plan.

1. Stop trying to legislate morality and belief, a la a federal marriage act or creationism in the schools. Leave this as a private matter for individuals.
2. Go back to basics:
a. Low taxes
b. Small government
c. A strong military
d. Low spending
3. Walk to walk, Talk the talk!

Whether the Governor of Alaska elects to stay active in national politics and at what level of sacrifice is her decision. Having said that, I agree that populist voices such as hers, Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder will be a welcomed and driving voices in the debate.

So when do we get to see the Khalidhi tape?

re: #154 snowbunnybutt

I'm not. Of course, I'm so exhausted and depressed that I haven't had a chance to say much and be reviled.

I couldn't get onto LGF all morning. I thought the Fairness Doctrine had already been passed.

Pity Keith Olbermann, whose whole reason for being will leave office next January. What's he going to do with himself?

Pooh nets $50,000. Heh, heh, "Pooh."

re: #142 Charles

Our web server is a dual-core Xeon, and we have a request in for a quad-core machine, which should help a lot. The main bottleneck is in the processing power; more powerful machine means more HTTP requests served in a shorter amount of time.

The next step up is a load-balanced multi-server setup, which is an order of magnitude more expensive than our current two-server setup (web and DB servers). I'm looking at this option, even though it will cost more per month than my mortgage.

Cost more than your mortgage? I've got the candidate for you! Oh, and he'll pay for your gas too. /heavy sarc

re: #151 Russkilitlover

62 Million voted FOR socialism
55 Million voted AGAINST socialism

Barry has his work cut out for him as this is certainly no mandate. It will be interesting to see how soon some of those 62M become disillusioned.

Barry is a 5 year old who has just been handed a leash with a bull mastiff on the other end.

re: #140 MandyManners

They will STILL like what happens 'cause the inner-city dwellers will STILL get their damn welfare.

But won't that just result in more movement out to the suburbs? Which will result in more inner city crime, which will result in calls for strong anti-crime mayors. Like a Rudy.

Mr. Obama, I would like you to appoint both McCain and Palin to cabinet positions.

I did recall that you were reading "Team of Rivals".

You have to lead us all now.

Respectfully, Ojoe.

re: #50 realwest

Huh?

Why do the Republicans (of whom I are one) deserve this? With a HUGE majority of voters going Center Left in this election (and not just for POTUS but for govenors, Senators, Members of the House and state legistlatures all over the place) who do YOU think the Republicans should have run - to win the election, I mean?

did the voters have a chance to go right? Considering that McCain had his own healthcare plan, own cap and trade plan, not to mention his stance on immigration (along with Bushs) from a couple of years ago, if the American people are given the choice of two center-left candidates, why NOT go for the one that promises more? Now I voted yesterday, and I voted for McCain, as much as I didn't want to. But it takes more than just voting to put your candidate over the top. You have to convince as many other people as possible to vote your guy to, and it was hard as hell to try to endorse McCain to others. Republicans got two years to decide who they want to be: do they want to be Democrat-Lite, promising the same things as Democrats, just not as much of it, or do they want to go back to the low-tax, limited government, and personal freedom and responsibility notions that had allowed them to take over Congress in the nineties and then the Presidency? One works, one don't. And if they can't figure out which is which then they're dumber than I thought

re: #149 Sharmuta

Hooray! Quitting the party instead of fighting to restore it to what it should be! Yeah! What a great way to win! Woohoo! QUIT QUIT QUIT!

Because quitters always win!

Quit?

Yea - got back on again! Been trying and trying and finally get on when the stats's page shows:

Now Online: 2,997
Logged in: 270

Geez, I wonder if everyone went to lunch in the East Coast and Central time zones! LOL!

re: #142 Charles

I'm looking at this option, even though it will cost more per month than my mortgage.

No worries there, Obama's going to pay your mortgage from now on isn't he?

Yahoo Finance:

A case of post-election nerves sent stocks lower Wednesday as investors began questioning what impact a Barack Obama presidency will have on business and the overall economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 300 points and the major indexes all fell more than 3 percent.

Says it all.

re: #116 Charles

Now I'm getting hate mail for not hating Obama enough.

Mark my words, BDS is going nowhere--we're merely changing the B from Bush to Barack.

re: #20 Charles

Yikes. Server load is soaring. Hopefully we'll be able to get that new web server in place soon.

I see that a whole lot of people dinged down my posts about Obama last night. I hope that was a reaction to his election, and not because my posts weren't full of doom and anger.

My dingdown was a reaction to that silly assed speech. Your work is, as always, appreciated.

re: #21 collegeguy85

The second is that the dems don't have fillibuster proof control of the entire fed gov.

I expected O to win. I was keeping an eye on Senate figures.

re: #154 snowbunnybutt

I am so sick of the hate. I didn't/don't like obama because of his policies, and nothing more. I was vocal about being behind McCain because of his stance, nothing more. Why is it now I am being attacked with slurs like cracker telling me they hope the "Old man just dies" I have been nothing but respectful. I am getting so sick of it. Anyone else getting this kind of thing?

Who's calling you a "cracker"?

re: #93 Sharmuta
Hey sharmuta, you have been an absolute rock through the campaign. I for one have appreciated it your dependability and stability. Wanted to get that said before I have more computer problems.

re: #116 Charles

Now I'm getting hate mail for not hating Obama enough.

This is one of the lessons to be learned. Hating Obama accomplishes nothing for us. We don't need to compromise with the left. We don't need to cave. We can behave decently with them but we don't have to trust them, ever. We don't really know what is wrong with them, but we know we can't fix them or appease them. They will keep coming until they have ten out of ten of what they want. We can never trust them. But "hating" them? Just too boring. They are not that interesting.

What we can do is adopt a rational, practical platform for the Republican party. Probably 5 million Republicans sat this election out. I guarantee you, it was "moderates" that accomplished that. Nobody wants to vote for Democrat Lite. The Reagan victories proved that.

"It looks like every sentient being with an Internet connection in the known universe is trying to load LGF this morning."

Oh, come on. Something else must be going on. Are you sure you're not under a chronic, low-grade DoS attack? It seems that the 'break' between when we could reach your site, and now, was rather sudden a couple of weeks ago, with nothing to clearly account for it (the 'election' season wouldn't be it). No Rathergate-type posts, nothing like that.

Just a thought from a loyal reader.

- As long as we are an Israel-supporting party, the world will continue to laugh at us and only see us bible-thumping Christians trying to convert the Jews before the end time . The world hates Israel and hates Jews. Most Jews hate us.

I certainly hope you're not suggesting that we should no longer support Israel because the rest of the world hates Israel. I would like to think that supporting democracy and free people everywhere is a worthy principle of this country regardless of the religion of that country's population.

re: #158 Dianna

Who, me? No- I love quitters. I hope as many people as possible quit the republicans so we can have 100 years of liberal-leftist rule because some people find quitting easier than fighting for ideals.

Charles, IMHO you should issue the call for a "Hundred Hamster Hustle"! Poor lil' guys and gals. It's a wonder that the ASPCA hasn't intervened yet on behalf of the LGF server power source.

re: #173 Max Darkside

Yahoo Finance:

Says it all.

Nice that they "began" on November 5.

re: #156 Sharmuta

I saw that, and I'm waiting to see their response. I'm damn close to never trusting a democrat ever again on anything.

I'm half convinced they ran a deception operation. Don't know though. Hillarys' days are gone-they must know that.

re: #148 SagamoreGal snip
Of course, the Mayan calendar could be correct and none of this will really matter in 2012.

Is that the 21st or 23rd of December? Ya know , just for planning purposes.

I want a bumper-sticker that is a red sickle-and-hammer with a black line through it.

re: #156 Sharmuta

I saw that, and I'm waiting to see their response. I'm damn close to never trusting a democrat ever again on anything.

I sort of find it difficult to believe they've been maintaining a website since February all for a possible donation at the end.

The election of Obama means that now Obama will have to govern.

Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and company are now out of business. Political Correctness is dead.

We get to see how Obama’s skill at spending money performs ($43million to Rezko to refurbish Chicago housing projects; $100million to improve Chicago public school education, as per Ayres). I think that by 2010 this will change the minds of very many taxpayers.

Obama guessed wrong on The Surge; he’s not a leader. Obama’s political apparatus is.

Remember Obama’s first reaction to the Russian invasion of Georgia? Now Obama gets to deal with Iran, Kim the Well-Fed-yet-Short, and the possibility of yet another AlQaeda attack on the US

If we compare resumes, Nagin has much more experience than Obama, and we saw how Nagin handled Katrina. Remember Michelle’s comments?

How will the Democratic Congress react when told to shutdown coal-fired powerplants, reduce military funding, fund a new civilian defense corps ….? How will the voters react?

Then there’s ACORN, Wright and Ayres; how and when will they reappear? The election’s over, and now their agenda is competing with the Democratic one. They aren’t like acne, which can be cured.

We get to see how long the media will remain loyal (but perhaps the new Brownshirts will handle this).

Odds on when the LATimes releases its videotape?

2010 doesn’t look good for the Democratic party.

New Coke.

re: #149 Sharmuta

Hooray! Quitting the party instead of fighting to restore it to what it should be! Yeah! What a great way to win! Woohoo! QUIT QUIT QUIT!

Because quitters always win!

Yep. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

Heh - never thought I'd type that sentence in context.

Charles -

You & Stinky are doing an outstanding job of hamster-wrangling in keeping LGF alive through the tsumani of comments and page views. What a change from a few years ago.

Seriously folks, from someone with a passing knowledge of data-centers, it's be a huge *huge* expense to build LGF up to handle the traffic at the level of a Drudge Report...The last 24 hours has been a peak which may not be equaled for a long time to come. Takes more than hardware, it'd take high tier bandwidth (expensive ), content distribution networks (ditto), load balancers, etc. Don't think the even LGF tip jar would be big enough.

Let's give Stinky, the hamsters and Charles a thumbs-up, high five and job well done.

Fairness Doctrine be dammed. It won't touch the 'net. The next four years should be fun!

re: #179 snowcrash

Thanks.

And here are the San Gabriel Mountains, still there. Sanity Break! "Paradise is all around us and we do not understrand." — Thomas Merton.

Hi Lizards!
Nearly four hours to get here - poor hamsters!
Thanks for all you've done, Charles, and for all you're still doing.
I hope yuo all are beginning to come to terms with this huge disappointment - my heart goes out to you all!

As I've been saying here before - this is exactly how Great Britain looked after the elections in 1997, which got Tony Blair in.

The Tories had a lot of work to do - not just inside their own party, but also against the msm who have been labelling the Tory party as the 'nasty party' for quite a number of years ...

You are off to a much better start than we were in 1997, because you know whats coming - and you have the chance to start turning it around in two years time - a chance we didn't have.

So - get working, no false recriminations (like - Sarah lost it for us!), but a major house-clean in in order.

My heartfelt commiserations to you all - and thanks to Charles and all Lizards for being such classy people!

Stocks fell initially as investors cashed in gains after a six-day run that lifted the Standard & Poor's 500 index more than 18 percent. The selling picked up momentum as the market began to ponder what an Obama administration might do.
"A lot of the policy going forward is going to have an effect on the various sectors of the market," said Joe Keetle, senior wealth manager for Dawson Wealth Management.
Obama's victory means that industries such as oil and gas producers, utilities and pharmaceuticals may face greater regulation and even taxes, while labor unions and automakers are expected to benefit.

For you investors that voted Bambi- 300 point drop.

/Its all Bambi's fault

re: #134 Cognito

Man, that is terrifying. Absolutely terrifying.

Honestly I figured there some catch -- a little bit of a stretch, to say he equated political free speech and pornography.

Nope. He stepped squarely into state-run media territory, there. Apparently the government isn't just interested in controlling banks, now.

I left are salivating to take fascistic measures to kill any speech that isn't pro-democrat.

re: #159 Conservative in Liberal Hands

I believe that the BODS - Barak Obama Disillusionment Syndrome will manifest itself within six-months. My belief is that a whole lot of the voting public was voting AGAINST Bush and AGAINST the Republican Congressional agenda, not for BHO!

I lot of people voted for the falsely advertised product labeled "Obama!" When reality hits (ie. Biden's warning) many people will be bitterly shocked to find out what they really bought.

re: #9 Killgore Trout

We need a laugh this morning...
Yvonne Ridley 'Driven Out Of Job By Sexist Muslim Bosses'

Heh.

Just recalling that this disgusting little beast fell in love with the Taliban in the full knowledge of their atrocities committed against Afghani women.

Somebody talk me down. To me, this means the majority of people in this country are on the take. How can we fight people on welfare who multiply like rabbits and a media that suppresses the facts and distorts the truth?

Somewhere the gnomes of Zurich are smiling.

btw did anyone see on fox the person at the obama celebration waving the communist flag?

Rather ironic that on the first day that an Obama presidency has been guaranteed I question whether my comment will be seen or if when I hit "post this comment" my voice will disappear into a void.

re: #171 realwest

Morning Buddy.. got a call from one of my Lib friends in NY... OOO-boy what a talk.

re: #197 ibmkeyboard

For you investors that voted Bambi- 300 point drop.

/Its all Bambi's fault

That feels GOOD.

re: #123 vxbush

Ouch.

I must admit to some befuddlement about our population when they are willing to just accept what they get from the Media regarding our election, despite the fact that a majority of people don't trust the media.

I watched PJTV (thanks for the link, Charles) and found it refreshing, even if it wasn't as glossy as the bigwigs.

I will continue to pray for our president, our country, and our future.

People don't trust the media but they're not schooled enough yet on how to get around it. Whenever I told an Obama-leaning voter something negative and verifiable about Obama they would always respond, "I didn't know that! Where did you read that?"
"Little Green Footballs, Jim Treacher, Michelle Malkin."
"What are those?"

People don't understand that going to CNN.com, turning on MSNBC, opening a copy of the New York Times, listening to a lecture in college, etc., is absolutely no different than getting handed a brochure from the DNC or visiting a playpen like Daily Kos. A truth-dedicated blog like LGF is the only place you can really get good info. Find one you trust, one that won't run any hair-brained rumor that floats along, and stick with it.

Perhaps in 2012 voters will learn to abandon the sham of traditional American journalism and go to the polls informed by their peers rather than brainwashed by the MSM.

Want to laugh?

NUMB: National Unity My Butt (Jim Treacher)

The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers (Free Republic)

Obama can't find his aunt in Boston, but he's going to find Osama Bin Laden. (Me)

re: #204 taxfreekiller

Glad to see you are still here tfk.

re: #183 Sharmuta

Who, me? No- I love quitters. I hope as many people as possible quit the republicans so we can have 100 years of liberal-leftist rule because some people find quitting easier than fighting for ideals.

Upding. Although I wouldn't mind culling a few of the "weak as water" Republicans so we would at least know who we could count on in the order to keep things on a reasonably even keel for the next few years.

Rush Limbaugh (and, I'm certain, Hannity) are taking the wrong lesson from this defeat.

They are once again equating Conservatism with religion. Abortion issue, front and center. Palin's what we need, you betcha!

It is a recipe for defeat, and the Republicans will continue to lose if they champion the religious right over small government, low taxes, strong national defense.

it's a sad day for me.

re: #201 readytofight

Somebody talk me down. To me, this means the majority of people in this country are on the take. How can we fight people on welfare who multiply like rabbits and a media that suppresses the facts and distorts the truth?

Somewhere the gnomes of Zurich are smiling.

Why are the gnomes smiling?

re: #201 readytofight

Somebody talk me down. To me, this means the majority of people in this country are on the take. How can we fight people on welfare who multiply like rabbits and a media that suppresses the facts and distorts the truth?

Somewhere the gnomes of Zurich are smiling.

Socialism fails where it is tried. Have hope.

Once again, Charles, THANK YOU for hosting your site and giving us a venue to discuss all this. You have worked so hard over the last few weeks and I really appreciate what you have done.

re: #127 bellamags

The market tanked at the bell this morning, first reality check of how well a socialist agenda will meld into a free market democracy? I think the first 6 months of this administration will be akin to fingernails across a chalkboard 24/7.

re: #102 marge45b

I'm glad Yes on 8 passed in CA. My kids are happy (Me too!) They didn't like the idea of two moms or two dads. Civilization is saved.

Well, if you liked that, you'll love all of the other ways the government is about to stick its nose into peoples' private affairs.

/downding

He actually has to start making decisions and cannot avoid them by voting present. Also, he calls for bipartisanship and the first decision he makes is asking Emanuel to be chief of staff. Yup, change we can believe in...

re: #211 Baelzar

Rush Limbaugh (and, I'm certain, Hannity) are taking the wrong lesson from this defeat.

They are once again equating Conservatism with religion. Abortion issue, front and center. Palin's what we need, you betcha!

It is a recipe for defeat, and the Republicans will continue to lose if they champion the religious right over small government, low taxes, strong national defense.

DINGDINGDING

re: #127 bellamags

"This is how liberty dies -- with thunderous applause." -Senator Amidala

Link to scene:

Suddenly NYT sees Gitmo as a "challenge" for the new president!

re: #195 Iron Fist

You trusted a Democrat? Hey, I've got an investment oppertunity for you. They call it the Brooklin Bridge, and I'll let you have it at a steal of a price...

sub-prime?

Other events in our world:

crash kills lots of government big wigs in Mexico.

and

WTF with Bader-Gisnberg?

re: #116 Charles

Now I'm getting hate mail for not hating Obama enough.

Idiots!
No matter how painful today is - that is just plain idiocy.

Funny, but I woke up with the theme song from the "Poseiden Adventure" in my head..."The Morning After"? We'll survive this and, hopefully, be stronger for it.

Bobby Jindal in 2012! re: #148 SagamoreGal

re: #216 taxfreekiller

62 million for the O
55 million for the RIN O

12 million not RINO's sat it out

And the 12 million are probably proud? But, they won't be able to opt out of O's plans for them because they opted out of voting. I spit on them.

re: #216 taxfreekiller

62 million for the O
55 million for the RIN O

12 million not RINO's sat it out

Now we know who to thank.

re: #169 Boolz
Boolz - All I can say is what some 62 million voters did: they voted for the socialist/communist/class warfare guy. I honestly don't see them having gone for a right winger. If you see how they would have, please let us know.
I voted for Goldwater and got creamed. I voted for Reagan (who is still my favorite President) but he ran up deficits just as if he were a Democrat. True he did it in a good cause (knowing that the Soviet Union couldn't keep pace and thus brought about the fall of the USSR) but that's hardly fundamental conservatism. I fear we now have a majority - A BIG MAJORITY of voters who just want free stuff and who's critical thinking ability is sorely lacking.
And let's please not forget that Obama had the MSM going for him and MONEY - he outspent McCain 7-1 - do you think a conservative candidate could have raised more money or gotten more even-handed treatment from the MSM? Really?

This is going to be a long four years. I'm on disability so I don't think B-HO as President is going to affect my life much. If nothing else, I'm going to take advantage of the educational bennies disability provides. Maybe I can get into a good geek school somewhere.

re: #125 ploome hineni

...for the first time in American history, someone unambiguously from the political left will be commander-in-chief during wartime.

Woodrow Wilson? FDR? etc.

re: #211 Baelzar

Rush Limbaugh (and, I'm certain, Hannity) are taking the wrong lesson from this defeat.

They are once again equating Conservatism with religion. Abortion issue, front and center. Palin's what we need, you betcha!

It is a recipe for defeat, and the Republicans will continue to lose if they champion the religious right over small government, low taxes, strong national defense.

Could not agree more. It's a recipe for defeat.

re: #171 realwest

Yea - got back on again! Been trying and trying and finally get on when the stats's page shows:

Geez, I wonder if everyone went to lunch in the East Coast and Central time zones! LOL!

RW, I looked a few PUMA sites over, and it looks like they didn't deliver as much as was expected.

But then again, the republican base didn't deliver much either. PUMAs gave us about 4 million votes, a million or so less than what was estimated. But the rep base stayed away or voted for O to the tune of 3-4 million.

That sucks.

re: #211 Baelzar

Rush Limbaugh (and, I'm certain, Hannity) are taking the wrong lesson from this defeat.

They are once again equating Conservatism with religion. Abortion issue, front and center. Palin's what we need, you betcha!

It is a recipe for defeat, and the Republicans will continue to lose if they champion the religious right over small government, low taxes, strong national defense.

So how would you define what you just bolded? Not fiscal conservatism? Libertarian conservatism? Because I was under the impression that conservatism did include religion as a component, historically. Hence the reason why Bush went with "compassionate conservatism" as a motto.

re: #208 Dalibama

Want to laugh?
Obama can't find his aunt in Boston, but he's going to find Osama Bin Laden. (Me)

I love it.

re: #227 apachegunner

GET REAL!

Thank God you are back up, Charles.

Everyone in the USA (ok, half of everyone) was jonesing to commiserate with our fellow lizardoids the morning after.

THANK YOU FOR LGF, Charles. You are awesome.

re: #20 Charles

Yikes. Server load is soaring. Hopefully we'll be able to get that new web server in place soon.

I see that a whole lot of people dinged down my posts about Obama last night. I hope that was a reaction to his election, and not because my posts weren't full of doom and anger.

For me, it was a reaction to his election, not your post, and certainly no reflection on you or LGF. I seriously do not like the man and his political ideas.

I'm so glad to see LGF back up and running this morning. It's the best place I've found for an exchange of ideas as well as news. Charles, you have such a wonderful community here. Thank you.

re: #204 taxfreekiller

Obama,

Walking point now, heads up, its not all good, but you are the first to hear.

tfk has tail gunner? covering our backs?

re: #198 FrogMarch

THE left are salivating to take fascistic measures to kill any speech that isn't pro-democrat.

fixed

Folks, one thing we need to do is stop thinking that this is going to be corrected in four years. It won't be, no matter how poorly Obama does and how massively he's defeated. We are in for a long, hard slog. Every single aspect of our society has been infiltrated and turned to the promotion of the Leftist, anti-American agenda. We need a plan to turn things around. Time frame: as long as it takes.

And we need to begin by taking a long, hard look at ourselves. Are WE united in our understanding of, and commitment to, liberty and the principles that made this country great? Or have we become distracted by the temptation to legislate morality and religious belief? And what about corporate welfare? It's one thing to provide conditions for business to thrive, but just because we are pro-business should we be constantly bailing out failing companies? If welfare isn't good for individuals, how is it good for business?

I agree with joncelli (#43) on the things we need to focus on. I would add: Education must now be a top priority. Educating people on our Constitution, our founding principles and the history and reasoning behind them, on capitalism and economic fundamentals, on the fragility and preciousness of liberty.

It will not do for us to continue to denigrate education, especially university education, as "elitist." Just because we don't like the direction education has taken in this country in the past several decades is no excuse for downplaying its importance. We MUST get more conservative students into colleges. We MUST get more conservative educators into the system at all levels. We MUST start teaching children logical, critical thinking and the fundamentals of the American Way again. The longer we put this off, the harder it's going to be to turn things around.

re: #233 Charles

True Conservatism is tolerant, beyond a few things, such as acting civil.

If Republicans want to win again, we need to return to conservatism. Even CA agrees.

The Obama campaign did an excellent job packaging and selling their product. Yes, I am calling the President-elect of the United States a product; for he is, at least the version that people voted for, every bit as much as the products that you buy in the store. The Obama that my coworkers voted for is a media image, carefully framed and highlighted such that the ignorant - whether willfully or unintentionally - never saw the true picture. Now, however, there is no hiding the real Obama, and the world will know him for what he is. What that is remains to be seen - he could surprise us all. I doubt it. My heart tells me that many, many people are going to learn a hard lesson about casting away their votes for empty promises of HOPECHANGEWAFFLES. My heart also tells me that these same people will just as quickly forget that lesson when The Next Messiah rises up to try to sell the same package. Too many Americans vote with their heart and not their head, and that is the fundamental failure of Election Days 2008.

re: #214 bloodnok

Socialism fails where it is tried. Have hope.

The problem is, you don't want to be anywhere near the neighborhood when socialism fails.

re: #227 apachegunner

Bobby Jindal in 2012!

WHY?

BBL

re: #199 Kenneth

but, but, but, Kenneth, according to the Jerusalem Post, Obama is the First Jewish President! Evidence of his "mastery" of Judaism no doubt consists in his flawless recitation of the Adnan, plus, of course, his hanging out with terrorists/misfits/liars and frauds...and if/when the Iranians finally get nukes and wipe israel off the map, then everybody can really celebrate his "Jewish soul."

re: #132 SFGoth

Basically, you nail it. The Republicans need to rebuild trust among moderate and conservative secularists. The way to do that is a consistent set of legislative positions for classically conservative positions. These proposals will all lose -- but at least they'll be on record. The party can be rebuilt in 2 years but they have to start NOW.

re: #242 Tigger2005

No- people are not committed to this concept of fighting for the Constitution and American ideals. If they were, they would not quit the party, but instead roll up their sleeves and get in the trenches to correct what's wrong and get the party back on track. Sadly, some would rather quit because it's easier.

Couldn't get on last night. Here's what I was going to post:

Congratulations and best wishes to our President-elect. Like him or not, he will be the POTUS, and we need to support him when he's right, and act as a loyal opposition when he's wrong. There's no need to spend the next four years acting like the paranoid, hateful moonbats have been for the last eight.

Thanks to Sen. McCain for his efforts, even though he was my last choice for a Republican nominee. Since I live in a state that was pretty much in the bag for Obama, I cast a protest vote for Libertarian Bob Barr. At this point I hope that the election spurs a house-cleaning in the GOP.

Prayers for our new President, his family, his supporters, his opponents, and all America.

re: #20 Charles

Yikes. Server load is soaring. Hopefully we'll be able to get that new web server in place soon.

I see that a whole lot of people dinged down my posts about Obama last night. I hope that was a reaction to his election, and not because my posts weren't full of doom and anger.

Was LGF switched off this morning, or was it just the traffic load?

re: #227 apachegunner

Bobby Jindal in 2012!

If Bobby Jindal is the GOP nominee in 2012, they will lose me.

He is a complete disaster. An activist creationist who participates in exorcisms and believes they cure cancer.

re: #188 MandyManners

I want a bumper-sticker that is a red sickle-and-hammer with a black line through it.

Perhaps that circle can be the obamessiah's doughnut logo with the hammer and sickle superimposed and then crossed out? Oh, wait that may be too obvious then.

if Republicans want to win anything again
they need to spend 800 million like 0bama did
and not be limited to the 84 million McCain used

and republicans need to buy some media outlets
why doesn't T. Boone Pickens buy one for cripes sake

re: #246 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Ask France about that one... scary

"Hamas fires over 35 rockets towards Israel"...(Drudge Report)

That didn't 'change'...

re: #32 taejohndo

Already had one person in the office today point out the O is not African American, but is rather, bi-racial. I didn't want to get involved so I left without comment. I wasn't sure of the person's politics or where they planned on going with it -- but I knew it was way too early for me to discuss it.

I'm bi-racial. I've dated white and black women.

re: #154 snowbunnybutt

I am so sick of the hate. I didn't/don't like obama because of his policies, and nothing more. I was vocal about being behind McCain because of his stance, nothing more. Why is it now I am being attacked with slurs like cracker telling me they hope the "Old man just dies" I have been nothing but respectful. I am getting so sick of it. Anyone else getting this kind of thing?

I just came through the election count as the only working white guy in the building and could not be prouder of my black co-workers on their hard work during the election or their reaction to Obama's win. They felt joy, pride and hope that their man had won. Say what you will about Obama's ideology, but this election has proved that when it comes to civil rights and racism, America is very special. I congratulate 'me workmates for their victory and truly acting as Americans through the process.

re: #227 apachegunner

Bobby Jindal in 2012!

A losing ticket if ever I saw one. Sarah Palin 2012 and maybe we have a chance.

re: #34 Jetpilot1101

With that being said, I don't want to ever hear again that America is a racist nation. I don't want to hear anyone say they need a handout to get ahead. There is no longer an excuse for not succeeding except your own laziness. In 40 years, this country has come from the civil rights movement and elected a black president. OK liberals, you got what you wanted. GW will be out in January so I don't want to hear you blame Bush anymore. It's your country now, let's see what you can do.

I will not act like a leftist and get mad. Congratulations to Senator Obama. I hope you prove me wrong and do an excellent job.

This is a very good approach. I too will try to give Obama the respect the office of the President deserves, although watching him like a hawk for his various socialist shenanigans probably isn't a bad idea. However, I think his election has established that this country's preoccupation with race has actually gotten worse. I dislike Barry because he is an inexperienced radical leftist, not because he's half black. However, vast chunks of the population ignored all his warts to vote for him solely because he is half-black. Given the kids gloves treatment of him during the election, it won't surprise me if any criticism of his performance as President is also attacked as ipso facto racist. Do we really expect liberals to put down their PC weapons just when they have served them so well? I think everything Barry manages to do will be hailed by his complicit media allies as the greatest achievements ever, while everything he screws up will always be blamed on Bush and/or racism.

And P.S. -- Thanks, Charles, for maintaining this site, and guiding it through the overloads of the past two days.

I'm looking forward to the screams of outrage when the Dems try to tax 401(k)s.

With Democrats controlling Congress now, what new revenue bills can we see coming down the pipeline? Probably a bill concerning 401(k)s. House Democrats are not happy with the loss of investor wealth, the plans' freedom of choice and the size of 402(k) tax deductions for higher-paid workers, and are considering an alternative plan that would replace 401(k)s with a flat tax credit at all income levels, says Investor's Business Daily.

The plan, put forth by Teresa Ghilarducci, an economist teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York, and supported by Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) states that:

All workers would get a credit of $600 if they invest 5 percent of their pay into a retirement account run by the Social Security Administration and invested solely in special government bonds paying 3 percent plus inflation.
Existing 401(k)s would be allowed to remain, but contributions and employer matches would no longer be tax-deductible.

Source: [Link: www.ncpa.org...]

Thank-you Charles, Zombie, and fellow lizards for all you do.

I feel like I'm in good company here.

re: #256 Quad Mocha Matti

Perhaps that circle can be the obamessiah's doughnut logo with the hammer and sickle superimposed and then crossed out? Oh, wait that may be too obvious then.

I want my disdain of the commie bastard to be as plain as the nose on my face.

re: #228 SpartanWoman

And the 12 million are probably proud? But, they won't be able to opt out of O's plans for them because they opted out of voting. I spit on them.

I piss on their shoes.

/I don't spit to great,
it gets on my chin.